Case Assignment and the Complement-Adjunct Dichotomy:

A Non-Configurational Constraint-Based Approach


Adam Przepiórkowski



Table of Contents:


             PROLOGUE


CHAPTER 1    Introduction   3

Section 1.1  Scope   3
Section 1.2  Method   4
Section 1.3  Terminology and Abbreviations   7
Section 1.4  Organization and Overview of Results   11

CHAPTER 2    Background   13

Section 2.1  HPSG   13
Section 2.2  Polish   30



PART I       CASE ASSIGNMENT   37


CHAPTER 3    Previous Approaches to Case   41

Section 3.1  What is Case?   41
Section 3.2  Case in GB   48
Section 3.3  Case in LFG   55
Section 3.4  Case in HPSG   58

CHAPTER 4    Non-Configurational Case Assignment   71

Section 4.1  Problems with Previous Accounts   71
Section 4.2  Non-Configurational Case Assignment in HPSG   75
Section 4.3  Some Examples   80
Section 4.4  Similar Approaches   89
Section 4.5  Non-Configurational Case Principle Revised   93
Section 4.6  Conclusions   95

CHAPTER 5    Case in Polish   99

Section 5.1  Structural and Inherent Case in Polish   100
Section 5.2  Genitive of Negation   132
Section 5.3  Case Assignment in Numeral Phrases   164
Section 5.4  Case Assignment and Predication   201
Section 5.5  Conclusions   245



PART II      THE COMPLEMENT/ADJUNCT DICHOTOMY   251


CHAPTER 6    Previous Approaches   255

Section 6.1  Complements vs. Adjuncts: Inconsistent Intuitions   255
Section 6.2  Polish Linguistics   256
Section 6.3  Principles and Parameters   257
Section 6.4  LFG   267
Section 6.5  HPSG   270
Section 6.6  Complements vs. Adjuncts: Summary   276

CHAPTER 7    Do So   279

Section 7.1  The Do So Test   279
Section 7.2  Deep and Surface Anaphora   280
Section 7.3  Against the Do So Test   290
Section 7.4  Conclusions   308
Section 7.5  Appendix: Sources Used in Section 7.3   309

CHAPTER 8    Complements and Adjuncts in Polish   311

Section 8.1  Verbal Proforms   311
Section 8.2  Extraction   316
Section 8.3  Parasitic Gaps   325
Section 8.4  Binding   327
Section 8.5  Negative Concord   343
Section 8.6  Conclusions   344

CHAPTER 9    Adjuncts as Complements   345

Section 9.1  Previous HPSG Work   345
Section 9.2  Our Formalization   358
Section 9.3  `Adjuncts-as-Complements' and Quantification   367
Section 9.4  Conclusions   388

CHAPTER 10    Case Assignment and Adjuncts   389

Section 10.1  Case Assignment: An Argument for `Adjuncts-as-Complements'   389
Section 10.2  Case and Adjuncts in Polish   396
Section 10.3  Conclusions   414



APPENDIX A   Formalization in RSRL   417

Section A.1  Introduction   417
Section A.2  Basic Assumptions   417
Section A.3  Case Assignment   422
Section A.4  Case Agreement   428
Section A.5  `Adjuncts-as-Complements'   429
Section A.6  Control and Raising   434
Section A.7  ARG-ST on Phrases?   435


BIBLIOGRAPHY   443

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